
Fight to Survive
A Marine pulling one of his men to safety takes a bullet from an Iraqi sniper

A Marine pulling one of his men to safety takes a bullet from an Iraqi sniper

The only way down the mountain was to crawl

A lone climber's leg is crushed by a flying boulder in the California Sierra

A terrifying fall from a tree stand leaves a lone hunter with a shattered leg

A hiker gets lost for five days in Joshua Tree National Park without food or water

Brainpower and firepower transform 8,000 kilograms of computer-controlled machinery into a legendary dogfighter with the best fight and flight record in the sky

A series of handcrafted, precision-cut pieces will come together to create a first response tool capable of chewing through metal like a can opene

In World War 1, the original grenade launchers were the infantrymen themselves

A battle tank is only as effective as its gun, and for the Stryker vehicle, that's the M68 105mm cannon

Ballistic steel plates are cut, shaped, and welded together to make the body of an armed and armoured personnel carrier that's built to be fast and flexible - the CV90

When a series of delicate snowflake shaped sheets of Aramid are pressed together, they'll form a piece of headgear that's comfortable enough to wear to war, and tough enough to take a bullet.

Medical crews have their hands full with a heart attack and an accident victim

How do a driver and passenger survive a terrible roll down a mountain?

The experts unpack two crashes that should have killed everyone on board

How does a mountain biker survive falling on his neck and head, 50 feet down a rocky precipice?

How does a snowmobiler buried alive in an avalanche cheat certain death?

After being knocked unconscious, a skydiver survives a 14000 foot fall--but how?

Throw yourself off a cliff, what could go wrong?

What would you do if you were 2000 feet in the air on a hang-glider, and realized you weren't buckled in?

It's a race against time in a dangerous rescue mission, with life and death stakes that put everyone to the ultimate test